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 Guys, Guys, Guys (& Gals) Let's all be honest. Most of us work for big companies and we don't want small companies to have cool technology because that would be a competive threat. The only exception is Pizzas, Videos & Takeout where we (mostly) all frequent. Francis is definitely on the right track. but do we want to make something like this really happen ? David On Thursday 18 October 2001 11:11, Marcus Carr wrote: > Francis Norton wrote: > > How about a really simple XML web service to query where a chain's > > nearest branch is? (+ phone, fax, URL and opening hours) - I can't think > > of any retail chain that *wouldn't* want to support this query... > > Yes, but that's just a piece of corporate software that happens to be > deployed in a pizza shop. If that's the criteria for "XML in a pizza shop", > then I guess you'd have to call them "players in the e-commerce space" too, > since they can accept credit cards...:-) > > John McFadden (OmniMark) always said that SGML was supposed to be under the > covers - if it wasn't, it was a poorly designed system. For the most part, > the same can probably be said for XML as well - it's a means to an end. I > won't lose sleep if it doesn't get sexier with every passing moment. > > > -- > Regards, > > Marcus Carr email: mrc@a... > ___________________________________________________________________ > Allette Systems (Australia) www: http://www.allette.com.au > ___________________________________________________________________ > "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." > - Einstein 
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